Condo full of natural gas successfully ventilated

MONUMENT BEACH – A condominium full of natural gas was ventilated without incident yesterday afternoon, a fire official said.

HILARY RUSS

MONUMENT BEACH – A condominium full of natural gas was ventilated without incident yesterday afternoon, a fire official said.

A cleaning woman at the condo at 3 Laurel Hill Court in the Brookside Golf Club inadvertently turned on the gas stove in the course of her work, said Bourne Fire Lt. Martin Greene.

When the homeowner came home just before 5 p.m., she smelled gas and called the fire department. Rescuers spent about an hour ventilating and checking adjoining units to make sure the gas hadn’t spread, Greene said.